I had one for a minute but sold it. Fun game for sure. Too many system 80b quirks for my liking. I thought my playfield was dark then realized I had several hard to find lights out. Mine had the original ramp which was of course cracked and had been repaired.

I just grabbed a project HH for short money. It's a couple away in the queue for fixing but I'm looking forward to ideas and suggestions from people that enjoy the game. Theme is awful but the layout looks interesting.

Quirks as in technical issues. Specifically sound dropping in and out and display acting crazy. Even after doing the ground mods in bottom of cabinet, replacing large filter capacitor, new 5v trim pot on power supply...

Hollywood Heat was my first and last system 80b. Way too many other pins using more reliable hardware.

All the issues with my Black Hole turned out to be bad edge connectors, so I'd check there first on any system 80. I'd love to find a Hollywood Heat to play (not own). I pumped a lot of quarters into this game at Georgia Tech.

I am jonesimg sooo bad for this game. There is a fully shopped one on location about 2 hrs from me and a ratty one a about 45 mins from me. Also on loc. I'm on a buying freeze but come August...ohh it it game on!!

Well, I'll bump an older thread for giggles... I recently picked up an HH and really enjoy the game. I agree the playfield is really dark in spots, so I added the flexible 2-LED bulbs to allow 1 to shine "up" through the plastics, and the other turned to illuminate the dark spots. It turned out really nice. I was lucky enough to score a 2nd playfield from the previous owner when I bought the machine (mostly just wood, but some parts/plastics still remain as backups).

I'm having an issue with my ramp though. Every time I shoot for the ramp, the ball seems to "hop" as it goes over the metal flange and often skips right over the side of the ramp making the shot almost impossible. I have tried to straighten the flange out, but it doesn't really seem to help. Has anyone else experienced this?

Also, WTF are the 2 < > buttons for on the front of the machine? lol

I'm also working on doing a "soft re-theme" of this title for fun. Nothing major, just some alternate artwork that I think matches the original theme well enough. I'll post pics once I get it finished.

Count me in . It was my first pin. Bought it non working and fixed it all up. She started the addiction for me.

This game is for sure the next tx sector

Just picked one of these up, gotta love the style factor.

Are there any ground mods for the boards in the backbox themselves? I did the one under the playfeild but I'm experiencing resets and the game often won't start until I 'tap' on the board connectors. Also the right flipper isn't working, I'm hoping this is ground related as well...

HH was my second pin ever and it lasted about a year before letting another pinsider take over the enjoyment.

It takes a bit of skill to lock all the balls for multiball and drive towards the higher scores. Challenging for sure.

HH was the basis for a Pinsider remake of a Goonies themed pin.

Just got mine all LED'd.

Went heavy on the Pink / Cyan as per the 80's theme. I love it.

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Great look aesthetically, but way too dark!

Looks good! Hopefully the flipper issue isn't a problem still? Who'd you use for the led's?

Nah! It's not that dark in person. The light is more even (less extreme brights and darks) in person than it looks photographed. I do love the colors though.

Thanks! The wiring was really wonked out... It's resolved now but I'm shocked that it was working before. Still need to resolder a few points, but it is working now!

I went with Comet, very happy with the quality of their LEDs. Compared to my last order, ablaze from Pinball life, Comet is WAY better. No comparison IMHO.

Might be tough, considering this is Hollywood Heat we're talking about.

Don't get me wrong, I like it, but let's not fool ourselves... It's not anywhere close to an A title.

Still, kudos for trying!

I played a couple beat up Hollywood heats and couldn't stand the game until I finally played a really nice one at a pinball expo and liked it, I have a couple Gottlieb from that Era that I really like, plus I like the price point, wouldn't mind owning one myself but every time I see one for sale it's either too far away or a complete turd.

Does anyone have a fully working one for sale? It doesn't have to be pretty, but I need one that works 100%!

Well I'll help! I just piked up a Raven and would love to put a HH next to it. Anyone have one for sale within 200 miles of Detroit, let me know

X

God, such a great game!!! Still looking for mine.....

YES! A thread after my own heart. I did make Goonies from a Hollywood Heat and had another really nice example at the same time. I love the layout and playing a multiplayer game is the best way to play.

Sold my HH a few months back, but already miss it. Super fun game, totally underrated. I hope to get a nicer one in the future.

Just set mine back up. Will be for sale soon in case anyone sees this and is interested. We are moving. ...

Sent you a message Carl

I bought one for $250.00 shopped it and played the you know what out of it. It was fun but I had to sell it because I did not like the translite (mainly the girl on the left) or that annoying siren sound. But don't get me wrong it was fun! Underrated for the price.

Rob

I played this many years ago, but it was ratted out then. Not sure what they look/play like now.

If I could find one local (NorCal) I'd probably pick it up for nostalgia's sake. But the only ones I see for sale are back east, where I can't look at it first and it would cost 50% of the game price to ship it here.

Maybe one will turn up eventually. Some of the pics in this thread show that it can be sort of cool looking.

Robert

I might be one of the few that love these cheesy knockoffs from Gottlieb like Deadly Weapon and Hollywood Heat. I've been looking at a Spring Break recently and will probably pick it up soon. The unique layouts from these Premier Gottliebs are what draws me in and for the price, you can try it and if it doesn't tickle your fancy, move it along. Great to see some love for HH.

Just had ours restored, still dealing with board issues though. Ill post pics once its complete.

One day I woke up and thought "man, I've never learned to solder, perhaps a dead pinball machine would be fun?". Two weeks later, found a dead heat in a guy's garage for a hundred bucks. The flash-lamps had all locked on, and melted out the inserts. I found Clay's guides and got to work. Re-did a huge chunk of the cpu board from battery damage; Learned to use a logic probe; got to learn about pbresource; sprayed a ton of varathane. It was a huge adventure, now I maintain like 12 machines for friends in the area. I have it on location at a local brewery, and it is a tank.
It will always be my favorite machine. I couldn't believe how fun it actually was, that first time I was crapping myself while everything booted.

This thread is awesome and true, thanks!

Here it is in pink, green for St. Pats a few years ago. Also, I may have photoshopped my head onto the translite. Sometimes I just stand by the machine when it's crowded and see if people notice.

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That's just awesome-o.

Sadly, I'm not actually in this club. I'm a TX-Sector snob.

Haha. I try not to even look at my translite. I would love a good alternate translite. I am awaiting parts and expect to get mine up and running soon.

Nice Skycursor poster. That was a fun game down at LAX.

I'd like to find an NOS or nice non-faded original translite.